Guiding apparatus for vehicles.



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GUIDING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLES.

' APPLIQATION FILED OCT. 29, 1902.

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PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW J. THOMURE, OF RIVER AUX VASES, MISSOURI.

GUIDING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 723,077, dated March 17, 1903.

Application filed October 29, 1902. Serialll'o. 129,260. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ANDREW J. THOMURE, of the city of River Aux Vases, Ste. Genevieve county, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guiding Apparatus for Vehicles Drawn by Animals, of which the following is a full, clear,

and exact descriptiomreference being had to.

the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

jMy invention relates to improvements in guiding apparatus for vehicles drawn by animals, and has for its object to provide means whereby the lines may be directed, tightened, or loosened mechanically.

It consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed and which will be more fully understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top view of myinvention. Fig.

2 is aside View of the same, and Fig. 3 is a detail of construction.

At the centerof the front end of the vehicle the vertical standard 1 is erected, to the upper end of which is pivoted the T-shaped bearer 2 by means of the pivot 3. A strengthening-braced is fastenedto the standard 1 by means of the eye 5 and to the bearer 2 by means of the eye 6.

At the outer end of the head of the bearer 2 the spools 7 are fixedupon the shafts 8, the

the face-wheel 15.

shafts Sbeing provided at theirinner extremities with the bevel-gears 9, which intermesh with the bevel-gear 10 on the front end of the shaft 11, which is mounted upon the upper side of the bearer 2 by means of the journals 12. The shafts 8 are mounted upon the bearer 2 by means of bearings 13. The shaft 11 is provided at its rear end with the hand-wheel 14, which is provided upon its inner side with The lock 16 is pivoted upon the upper surface of the bearer 2 so that it may be thrown into engagement with thenotches upon the face-wheel15, and thereby hold the-shaft 11 and the mechanism controlled by it in any position desired.

Upon the outer extremities of the front end of the bearer 2 and the front of and around the spools 7 the guide-rods 17 are mounted.

The guide-rods 17 are provided with the looped openings 18, through which the lines pass before they are wound upon the spools 7. The spools 7 are provided with eyes 19,-

- handle 20.

The lateral movement of the apparatus is secured by the operation of the vertical lever 21, which is mounted at the inner end of the bearer 2, whereby a right or left hand pull upon the lines is secured.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to have secured to me by the grant of Letters Patent, is-

1. In a guiding apparatus for vehicles, a T- shaped bearer mounted upon a vertical shaft, spools whereon the lines are wound, a. handwheel having gear connection with the spools, and a handle whereby the lateral movement of the bearer is efiected, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. In a device of the class named, a guide adapted to receive the lines, a spool whereon the lines are wound, a pivotallymounted bearer provided with a hand-wheel, gears whereby the revolution of the spools is effected, the hand-wheel being provided with a face-wheel, a lock mounted upon the bearer and adapted to engage with the face-wheel, and a handle whereby the lateral movement of the bearer is effected, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW J. THOMURE.

Witnesses:

ALFRED A. EICKS, M. G. IRION. 

